[mou-net] Rice County Sunday

2009-10-25 Thread Forest Strnad
Dave Bartkey and I checked Cannon Lake first. We had a nice Greetings: Dave Bartkey and I checked Cannon Lake first. We had a nice closeup look at a Horned Grebe. Thee were many Ruddy Ducks, probaby over 175. Dave had hopes for  scoter but it didn't pan out to be that species. We moved to

[mou-net] Carver County

2009-10-25 Thread John Cyrus
Blackbirds were on the move this morning at Chaska Lake MVNWR.I estimated around 500 of mainly Red-winged in 2 large flocks flying low heading southwest. It looked like the flocks were coming in for the morning, as small numbers landed. 8 Rusty Blackbird landed near me, and I'm pretty

[mou-net] Surf Scoter, Lake County

2009-10-25 Thread Doug Kieser
Hi, Renner Anderson just called and asked me to post his sighting late yesterday of a Surf Scoter in the marina at Bayside Park, near Silver Bay. Doug Kieser Minneapolis This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are

[mou-net] FW: Lake Byllesby, Dakota and Goodhue Cty

2009-10-25 Thread Laura Coble
_ From: Laura Coble [mailto:shearwate...@frontiernet.net] Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 6:52 PM To: 'mnb...@lists.mnbird.net' Subject: Lake Byllesby, Dakota and Goodhue Cty Today I checked Lake Byllesby between 4 and 5 pm. Viewed at the boat ramp off Scotia Trail, Goodhue

[mou-net] Surf Scoter-Silver Bay

2009-10-25 Thread Dennis and Barbara Martin
Talking to Renner Anderson I understand that there was a Surf Scoter in the Bayside Marina at Silver Bay yesterday, 10/25. Denny Dennis and Barbara Martin Shorewood, MN dbmar...@skypoint.com Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] Jackson Co. raptors

2009-10-25 Thread Eric Harrold
Flushed a Short-eared Owl while pheasant hunting on a WMA between Lakefield and Okabena.   Had a Bald Eagle scavenging road-kill just east of Kilen Woods State Park, not a sight I necessarily expected to see, but not altogether surprising. I wonder how common this behavior is during migration

[mou-net] Pileated Woodpecker

2009-10-25 Thread Amy Bice
On the corner of 37th and Queen Ave N, Minneapolis. A Pileated Woodpecker was spotted at a backyard bird feeder. My husband and I thought this very unusual, since the area isn't near any parks or wooded areas. There was only one, so I wonder if it was just a fly over that happened on some food?

[mou-net] Wddl Lake on Sat

2009-10-25 Thread Warren Woessner
..was actually quite interesting. I had eight species of sparrow, most near the fenced in cattail marsh near the west side (Sav., Song, White-throated, Junco, Lincoln's, Clay-Colored, Swamp, Tree) and lots of G-c Kinglets on both sides of the Marsh. Only warblers were Yel-rumped and Palm.

Re: [mou-net] Surf Scoter, Freeborn County

2009-10-25 Thread Rita Goranson
Yesterday I spotted a Surf Scoter at Pickeral Lake, south west of Albert Lea in Freeborn County. Three Golden-eye were in the same area. Rita Goranson Iowa Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

Re: [mou-net] Surf Scoter, Freeborn County

2009-10-25 Thread Rita Goranson
Also, at the State Line Lake at Emmons, in Freeborn county there were two Horned Grebes. Yesterday I spotted a Surf Scoter at Pickeral Lake, south west of Albert Lea in Freeborn County. Three Golden-eye were in the same area. Rita Goranson Iowa Join or Leave